HOSING A SUFFRAGETTE.
THE MANCHESTER INCIDENT.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright,
London, November.2.' In the House of Commons last evening, in connection with the hosing of Miss Sti-angways, „ r the imprisoned suffragette, who barred the door of her cell and refused to open it, Mr. Herbert Gladstone (Home Secretary) explained that the Visiting Committee to the Manchester Gaol was afraid to break- down the door lest the walls should fall. ! The hose was ordered to be played firstly on the ceiling and then for two or three minutes on the suffragette's shoulders. •'.'..."'■ :; '"""'f;r.
The hinge of the door was next removed and the prisoner conveyed to the hospital. The committee was anxious to support the officials' authority, and to act in the way; least likely to lead :to injury, but in his ! opinion the committee, was guilty of a grave error of judgment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14209, 4 November 1909, Page 5
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